Postal service & interact with comments

YouTube Comments: Replying, filtering, & moderating

If a video's owner has turned on comments, you can post comments and like, dislike, or reply to other people'due south comments on a video. You can besides edit or delete any of your own comments. Replies to a annotate are threaded beneath the original comment so you lot can follow the chat.

Post comments on a video

Public videos

All comments on public videos on YouTube are public and anyone tin can answer to a comment that you mail service. If you're a Google Apps account user, whatsoever comment you post on YouTube is publicly visible to users outside of your domain.

To add a comment

  1. Find the comment section nether the video.
  2. Type in the Add a public comment... box. On mobile, you may need to tap the annotate section to aggrandize information technology.
  3. Enter your comment.
  4. Click COMMENT.

Notation: Earlier posting a comment, yous may see a notification intended to encourage respectful interactions on YouTube. This reminder displays when our organisation finds your comment could be considered offensive to others. Yous may reflect on your annotate or view our Community Guidelines before posting. This reminder is but available for English language and Castilian comments right now.

Individual videos

Comments are non bachelor on private videos. If you want to permit comments on a video that'southward not publicly bachelor, post an unlisted video instead.

Unlisted videos

Yous can comment and reply to comments on unlisted videos. Comments on unlisted videos tin be seen past anyone who has the link to the video. Acquire more near unlisted videos and privacy settings.

If yous don't have a YouTube channel, by posting a comment you'll automatically create a aqueduct. You lot can access and manage your channel by going to your profile movie later posting your comment.

Answer to comments

  1. Click Reply beneath a comment.
  2. Type in your comment.
  3. ClickReply.

Add together formatting to comments

Add style to your annotate

You can use rich text to format your annotate with mutual special tags, such as:

  • *assuming text* → bold
  • _italicized text_ → italics
  • -strikethrough text- → strikethrough

Add together links to your comment

If you add together a URL to your comment, it will show equally a hyperlink.

Add hearts to favorite comments

You can use a centre to show appreciation for a viewer's comments on your Community tab comments, in addition to comments on the watch page.

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. Get to a Community tab postal service.
  3. Look for the centre next to the thumbs up / thumbs downward icons.

Viewers will see your avatar with a small carmine heart on the lower left and receive a notification (depending on viewer opt-in settings on desktop and mobile) that a channel owner "loves your comment."

Pivot comments to the top

Highlight a comment for your fans past pinning information technology to the top of the comment department. On mobile, viewers may demand to expand the comment section to run into the pinned comment. Yous can choose to pin your own annotate or a fan comment.

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. In the comments beneath a video, select the comment y'all want to pivot.
  3. Click Moreand then  Pin . If you've already pinned a annotate, this volition supercede it.
    Note: Yous can Unpin a annotate at whatever time and the comment will be moved back to information technology's original position.
  4. Click Pin to ostend.

On desktop, viewers will see the pinned comment at the top of the spotter page with a "Pinned by" icon and your channel proper name. On mobile, they may need to tap the comment section to aggrandize it.

Edit or remove your comment

Comment previews FAQ

Which comments show upwardly in this annotate preview section?

A comment may show upwardly in the annotate preview section for many reasons. For example, the annotate was:

  • Recently posted
  • Pinned or given a "eye" past the video creator

How practise I view all comments?

To view all comments, tap anywhere in the comment preview department.

To become back to the watch side by side video list, tap the X in the upper right corner.

Will my pinned comments show in the comment preview section?

Since there'south express space in annotate preview sections, pinning a annotate doesn't guarantee that it volition show up in the comment preview section. However, pinned comments will go on to show up as the first comment when someone taps to view all.

Do my current comment moderation settings apply to the comment preview section?

Yeah. All comment moderation settings apply to the comment preview section, including blocked words and hidden users. Learn more about how to manage and moderate your comments .

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